Director: Ellen Rapoport
Set against the loosening social codes of the early 1970s, Minx follows an idealistic young writer's unlikely partnership with a scrappy publisher to launch a magazine nobody expects to survive its first issue.
What is Minx about?
Joyce Prigger wants to publish a serious feminist magazine, but every established press turns her down until she crosses paths with Doug Renetti, a publisher who mainly prints pulp and skin magazines out of a cramped Los Angeles office. Doug sees potential in Joyce's writing paired with his instinct for what actually sells, and the two strike an uneasy deal to combine her essays and reporting with nude photography aimed at a female readership, a pairing neither of them is fully comfortable with at first. The show follows the bumpy production of that first issue and the culture-clash friendships that form in Doug's office, where Joyce's Ivy League seriousness collides with a scrappy, unglamorous publishing operation. Along the way, the series treats the era's shifting attitudes toward sex, work, and ambition as backdrop for a workplace comedy about people who don't quite trust each other but need each other anyway.
Cast & crew
Ophelia Lovibond plays Joyce with a mix of righteous conviction and creeping self-doubt that keeps her from becoming a simple mouthpiece for a cause. Jake Johnson brings loose, unpolished charm to Doug, and the supporting office ensemble, including Jessica Lowe and Oscar Montoya, gives the publishing house a rowdy, family-like energy that grounds the show's satire in specific, funny characters.
Context & significance
Creator Ellen Rapoport draws on the real history of adult and alternative magazine publishing in the 1970s without adapting any single true story, using the period as a lens for questions about who gets taken seriously and why. Episodes run under thirty minutes, keeping the comedy brisk, and the show pays close attention to period production design, from office furniture to the printed page itself.
Where & how to watch
Minx streams on K-Time with Farsi dubbing and Persian subtitles, and the page itself is free to browse before signing in. Watching requires only a K-Time account, within an interface built around Farsi navigation for Persian-speaking audiences.